Poverty and Polygyny as Political Protest
The Waldensians and Mormons
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21111360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Jean Emigh (0000-0002-5978-1249, University of Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 462-484 |
| Publication date | 1992-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Historical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1909 • E-ISSN: 1467-6443 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-6443.1992.tb00036.x |
| OpenAlex | W2142021221 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 38 |
This paper examines Waldensianism and Mormonism, two very different religious movements, separated by time, space, cultural, and economic conditions. The sources are a mixture of secondary and published primary sources, including church documents both in translation and the original language, and personal writings, such as diaries and letters. The treatment of these sources is not unusual, rather the contribution of this paper is a synthetic theoretical analysis of these movements in terms of the practical consequences of action. Both movements were coherent attempts to address contemporary social issues; neither was principally illogical nor irrational, nor comprised primarily of socially disconnected individuals. These movements were neither apolitical nor solely comprised of pure political action. Instead, both became political protest movements, in addition to being religious movements, because the symbolic content of the movement was interwoven with contemporary politics: the movements’ ideological critiques implicated the larger political structure which attempted to prevent ideological change. These religious struggles were processes, becoming political movements because ideological change implied political action
Aesthetics · Ideology · Irrational number · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Reinterpretation · Social movement · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Canadian Identity and History · Gender Studies · Law · Mormonism, Religion, and History
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |